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No. 622,684. Patented Apr. il, |899. J. J. HINSON.

COMBINED BURGLAR ALARM AND LAMPLIGHTER.

Application filed July 21, 1898.)

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PATEN'I .IAMES J. IIINSON, OE MILAN, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR on ONE-HALE To P. w. BUSSEY a Oo., OE SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,684, dated April 11, 1899. Application filed July 21,1898. Serial No. 6861527. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. HINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milan, in the county of Telfair and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Burglar- Alarm and Lamplighter, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to burglar-alarms and lamplighters, and has for its object the production of an improved device of this class,

whereby any attempt to open a door or window to which the invention is applied will Sound an alarm and light a lamp or other illuminator.

With this object in view myinvention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, and afterward particularly pointed out in the claims.

In Order to enable Others skilled in the art to which myinvention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed Vto describe its construction and operation,

having reference to the accompanying drawf ings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is av perspective view illustrating my invention in position for practical operation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a View of the alarm and its operatingV mechanism in side elevation, the match-carrying le.

ver being shown in section. Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the outer end of the match-carrying lever with means for holding a match therein.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates a plate or frame of any suitable shape or material, adapted to rest upon a floor, a table, a shelf, or`other suitable support or to be secured to the wall or any vertical surface by means of Screws A, passing through a standard B and lug or ear B.

C indicates a metal framework, in which is mounted part of the mechanism of a clock.

D and D indicate standards erected at the opposite end of the framework C, provided near their upper ends with perforations E 'and E.

F in'dicates the match-carrying lever, pivoted to the standard B by means of a screw or shaft F and provided at its outer end with a socket to .receive a match F2.

G indicates a spring coiled about the shaft F' and engaging the match-carrying lever F and standard B in a manner to normally tend to throw the match carrying end of the lever downward.

II indicates an elastic plate mounted vertically on the edge of the plate or frame A, having its upper end turned outwardly and pro* vided with a roughened surface H.

I indicates a lamp adapted to rest upon the plate A and held in position by spring-iingers I.

That part of the clock mechanism mounted in the frame C comprises an arbor Or shaft J, carrying a Spring J', a gear-wheel J2, and a ratchet-wheel .I3/the gear-wheel J2 meshing with a pinion K on a shaft or arbor K, which carries a Verge or escapement wheel K2. A third shaft L is mounted in the frame C and carries a verge L', which cooperates with the Verge-Wheel K2. 'The shaft also carries an arm M, provided with a hammer M at its outer end to strike a gong or bell M2. A triplever N also projects from the shaft L. The shaft J is provided with the usual windinghandle J 4. A set-pin O is adapted to be seated in the openings E and E' in the standards D and D, and a cord or wire P, secured to the outer end of the set-pin, may be attached to any movable object, such as a door or winy dow. The match F2 may be placed in the ordinary socket in the end of the lever F, as shown in Fig. l, or may be secured as shown in Fig. 3, in which one wall of the socket is slotted, as Shown at Q, and a split sleeve R, fitted upon the end of the lever F, may be turned to bring its slot R' in line with the slot Q, when a match may be inserted from the side through these two slots and the split ring R turned to secure it against falling out through the slot Q.

The construction of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and its Operation may be described as follows: A match having been inserted in the socket in the end ofl the arm F and the wire or string P connected to some object to Ioe be moved by the burglar in attempting to enter the house, the inner end of the lever F is brought to the position shown in Fig. V1 and the set-pin O pressed through the openings E and E and into a similar opening in the inner end Vof the lever F, the trip-arm N resting against the lever F and preventing the escapement from operating. When in an attempt to open a window or door the wire or string P is pulled, the pin will be withdrawn from engagement in the opening in the lever F, and .said lever under the operation of the spring G will have its match-carrying end thrown rapidly downward, the match contacting with the rough surface I-I of the elastic strip H and being ignited. At the end of its throw it will come in contact with the wick of the lamp or other illuminator and ignite the same. In the meantime as soon as the inner end of the lever F has been raised the trip-arm N will be released and the escapement permitted to operate under the intluence of the spring J', thus causing the ham' mer M' to contact with the bell or gong M2 and sound an alarm.

The wire or cord P maybe attached to a single window or door, or maybe by suitable connections attached to any number of moving objects, so that when any one of them is moved the alarm will be sounded and the,

lamp lighted in the manner hereinbefore described.

The advantages attending the use of my in- Vention will be .obvious from the foregoing description, and while I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact details of construction shown, but hold that any slight variation therefrom such as might suggest itself to the ordinary mechanic would clearly be comprehended in the limit and scope of my invention.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-' l. The combination with the frame A, a lamp supported thereon, the elastic strip I-I extending vertically therefrom and provided with a roughened outwardly-turned end, the frame C carrying the escapement mechanism and gong, the uprights D and D' projecting from said frame andprovided with openings E and E', the standard B erected on the frame A, the spring-actuated match-carrying arm pivoted to said upright, the set-pin O seated in the openings E and E and adapted to engage in a similar opening in the lever F, and the escapement mechanism carrying a tripper-bar N, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the frame A, a lamp'supported thereon, the elastic strip II extending vertically therefrom and provided with a roughened outwardly-turned end, the frame C carrying the escapement mechanism and gong, the uprights D and D' projecting from said frame and provided with openings E and E', the standard B erected on the frame A, the spring-actuated match-carrying arm pivoted to said upright, the set-pin O seated in the openings E and E' and adapted to engage in a similar opening in the lever F, the' gong or bell N2 attached to the upright D, the cord or wire P extending to a window, door or other movable object,and the escapement mechanism carrying a tripping-bar N, substantially as described.

h' i JAMES J. 1 HINSON.

rk. Witnesses: ma

J. M. QUINN, ,.IAs. D. SMITH. 

